Observers from both the AU and Sadc endorsed the elections saying they were held in a peaceful and free environment. But the two bodies are yet to take a decision on the fairness of the polls.

The Sadc summit was preceded by a closed door gathering of the Sadc troika on Friday night attended by leaders from South Africa, Namibia and Tanzania.

Although the two-day summit is called to discuss the political and security situation in the region, the recently concluded election in Zimbabwe will make it to the agenda after Geubuza insisted on including it.

But Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa said a communiqué would be issued today for the “opposition to see”.

“We knew it would end like this and Zimbabwe is no longer on the Sadc agenda after holding a successful election,” he said.

A jovial Mugabe left the Sadc meeting a happy man, raising his traditional clenched fist. He thanked the outgoing Sadc executive secretary, Tomaz Salamao for a job well-done.

Sources said Zimbabwe and Seychelles were fighting to deputise Malawi.

Upon Mugabe’s arrival at Kamuzu International airport on Friday, he took a swipe at the West after being asked on their reaction to the just-ended disputed elections in which he trounced his long-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai of MDC-T.

Mugabe said the West always wanted to dictate the state of affairs in Africa.

@Chimwango- interesting take on this..Of course this does not discount some of the successes they have scored like peace in Somalia, the new order coming to Madagascar, denunciation of the coup in Egypt and so on. Give it time the continental bodies are just beginning to wake up..Remember Museveni chastising them in 1987 with this “Where were you when the children of Uganda were being slaughtered?”..Lets all be fair, they are moving in the right direction but it would not hurt them if they increased their speed.

The AU and SADC are not in place to please the Western nations. If you didn’t know the AU(formerly OAU) was formed to liberate Africans from Western oppression. Now you think they have all the qualifications to teach us about democracy.